This was one of my favorite Girly Girls classes. We read this story called "I Wear My Tutu Everywhere" by Wendy Lewison. It is an adorable story about a little girl who wants to wear her tutu all the time...everywhere she goes. I think many moms can relate. Then we made these tutus. They were so easy & super fun to make. I had pom poms, flowers, butterflies, ribbon, & stick on felt hearts. I let the girls decorate them however they wanted. Of course I had to hot glue eveything on for them, but they showed me where to put it. They turned out darling!! The girls loved it! I don't know how well they are holding up...I'm sure they've lost a pom pom or two! After they decorated their tutus I put on the Bella Dancerella DVD and they all danced to their hearts content.
Most of you probably already know how to make these tutus, but here's the how to just incase you're interested!
How to make super easy tutus
Items Needed:
1/2 to 1 spool of tulle-you can do all one color or mix colors whatever you prefer. Make sure to buy it on sale or use your coupon! They have lots of colors to choose from at Hobby Lobby (fabric section) or Joann's (wedding section).
Elastic headbands- You can get 6 for $1.00 at Dollar Tree
Hot Glue Gun
Flowers, Ribbon, Felt Shapes, Pom Poms, String of Beads, Jewels, Etc-Whatever you want to use to decorate it OR you can just leave it plain.
STEP 1: Cut several strips of tulle-I cut them to be 24" long, but if you want a longer tutu you can make the strips longer. I used 18 strips (about 1/2 spool of tulle) on mine because I was trying to do it as inexpensively as possible. For a fuller tutu you may want to use a full spool of tulle. This just depends on how fluffy you want it to be!
STEP 2: Take your elastic headband and tulle. Fold your piece of tulle in half then tie onto the elastic band leaving two equal lengths of tulle hanging down. Continue tying pieces equally spaced on the elastic until it's full. If you want to you can alternate a few different colors of tulle in any pattern you want.
STEP 3: Once you're done tying the tulle on you are ready to decorate! I like to tie a few pieces of ribbon right in the front and let them dangle just a little shorter than the tutu and then hot glue a big flower in the center. Then you can continue hot gluing whatever you would like onto the tutu or tie ribbons on. This is where you get to be creative!!
Another Variation: Instead of tulle you can tie ribbons onto the elastic. These are darling, but a little more expensive.
I know there are many ways to make these, but this is how I did it. Hope these directions make sense. Let me know if you have any questions.
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